FRANKLIN, Wis. — As warmer temperatures return to Wisconsin, so do the birds. Migratory species are making their way back to the state after spending the winter down south, and the Wehr Nature ...

Great Lakes Birding Trail Read the slogans and you might not associate this state with anything but dairy farms and cheese. But by looking through their binoculars, birders will see that Wisconsin is ...

Researchers with a team monitoring bird populations at Powdermill Nature Reserve, in Rector, Pennsylvania, netted a surprise on September 24: a rose-breasted grosbeak with bizarre coloring.

MADISON, Wis. -- A new champion has flown its way into becoming this year's Wisconsin Fat Bird Week winner. The "Spherical White-throated Sparrow" garnered 72% of votes in the final round while ...

Bird lovers have spoken, and the official champion of Wisconsin Fat Bird Week 2025 is Spherical White-throated Sparrow. Online voting in the contest was held from May 2 through May 9.

Vairin Meesouk holds up his pending state-record yellow bass (larger fish on left) alongside a keeper white bass. Photo courtesy Wisconsin DNR Parks met with Meesouk that morning and verified it was ...

Enormous Eastern Bluebird will be one of eight contenders in Fat Bird Week. It's bracket-style online contest presented by Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin and SOS Save Our Songbirds.

Take a bow, fat bears, and exit the stage. It's time for chonky birds to soak up the limelight. Wisconsin Fat Bird Week kicks off May 2 and runs through May 9.

Take a bow, fat bears, and exit the stage. It's time for chonky birds to soak up the limelight. Wisconsin Fat Bird Week kicks off May 2 and runs through May 9.

MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin Fat Bird Week returns from May 2 through May 9, allowing the public is able to vote daily for their " favorite bulbous migratory" bird in a bracket-style tournament.

Redwings are back in most of Wisconsin now, staking out territories in marshes and other habitat. The sandhill crane was third, with 7%, and the northern cardinal was fourth, with 5%.

As of Feb. 22, bird flu had also not been detected at any human wastewater testing sites in Wisconsin, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The state identified its first human case ...